The past has come calling, dredging up a sordid scandal from twenty -years prior, one that is still unresolved in Roy’s mind, and one that involves the new headmaster, a man Roy is convinced is out to settle old scores.įans of classic British mysteries will appreciate the slow, but steady pace of this novel, which is more atmosphere than action for a good while, but it is utterly absorbing because of the dark tones and feeling of foreboding. But, that is not the only thing niggling at him. The old ways are being shoved to the side in favor of technology, by a new headmaster, who is a former student of Roy’s.Īs the new headmaster brings about sweeping changes, including girls in the classroom, Roy struggles to adapt. But, the school is standing on rocky ground after a scandal and financial problems.
Oswald’s Grammar boys school for thirty years. Roy Straitley has taught Latin at the prestigious St. I had a feeling I was going to like this book, and my intuitions didn’t disappoint me. “Injustice is the tiny shard of something broken in the soul that can never be mended.”
Different Class by Joanne Harris is a 2017 Touchstone publication.
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